About
Daniel Austin Smith is a seasoned lawyer in Jacksonville, Florida with a rich history in criminal defense and civil rights regulation.
My Story I arrived in Jacksonville in October 1978, sparkling out of Duke University School of Law. Thanks to my 1/3-year roommate, Bob Parrish, I landed an interview with the renowned lawyer Bill Sheppard. This caused a clerkship at Sheppard, Carithers, and Weinbaum, wherein all 3 companions became my lifelong pals and mentors. Hugh Carithers later became a reputable Circuit Judge, retiring in December 2019. Steve Weinbaum made a call for himself as a top trial attorney in Florida earlier than shifting to Miami to handle appeals for the Public Defender’s Office.
I become admitted to the Florida Bar in April 1979 and endured running with Sheppard till June 1982. I then joined the Public Defender’s Office, where I honed my abilities along Patrick McGuinness and Ray David, trying homicide, robbery, and other prison cases inside the court docket of Judge R. Hudson Olliff. In 1983, I teamed up with Hank Coxe and Jack Schemer in a small company, taking on courtroom-appointed dying penalty instances and principal crimes. I also have become a part of the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, handling courtroom-appointed war cases in Federal court docket. Hank Coxe later made history as the first crook protection attorney elected President of the Florida Bar, while Jack Schemer now serves as a Circuit Judge inside the Probate Division.
In 1986, I mounted my solo exercise at Jeff Morris’ office near Five Points, where I still practice 36 years later. Today, my work specializes in protecting individuals dealing with serious costs in Florida and Federal courts, in addition to advocating for the ones whose civil rights have been violated below country and Federal regulation.
Legal Issues
- Civil Rights
- Criminal Law
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